Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun butterfly_orchis

2 senses of butterfly orchis

Sense 1
butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Epidendrum venosum, Encyclia venosa -- (Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip)
       => orchid, orchidaceous plant -- (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Sense 2
butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae -- (Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip)
       => orchis -- (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)